URIteacherknowledge - EDC 102H F09 Finals Research

Though not required, you may use a URITK page to gather your research for your final exam. The questions that you should address include:

What is the problem or issue?
Why is this issue important?
What is the historical roots of this problem? What has been tried in the past?
What are the current approaches?
How does this problem/issue relate to RI schools? Is there evidence of a connection to the schools/districts/communities that we researched earlier?
What are your views, opinions, concerns, or solutions related to the problem?

Set up:
Introduction:

thesis is that a combination of student and teacher centered learning is the most successful
hook reader

basic overview of teacher centered learning:

Basic overview of student-centered learning:

definition from website and information from the text book about internal motivation
Use Chinese Proverb quote: "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand."

History/Why combining the two is the best:

History--School for a long time was teacher centered, then in the 70s more toward student centered
combining the two, factual information, save opinion for the end

What is happening in R.I? What are teachers leading toward in the schools we studied? Current issues?:

Opinion/Conclusion:

EDC 102H F09 Finals Research - Allie Louiselle